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Release #2026-18 Election Integrity and Mail Ballot Voting

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-18 Election Integrity and Mail Ballot Voting

Tabulations Reporting California Registered Voters About the Integrity of California Elections And Views About Mail Ballot Voting

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations Reporting California Registered Voters About the Integrity of California Elections And Views About Mail Ballot Voting

Tabulations Reporting California Registered Voters About the Impact that Different Candidate Descriptors has on their Willingness to Support a Candidate

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations Reporting California Registered Voters About the Impact that Different Candidate Descriptors has on their Willingness to Support a Candidate

Release #2026-17 Impact of Candidate Descriptors on Voter Support

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-17 Impact of Candidate Descriptors on Voter Support

Release #2026-16 Billionaires Tax and Voter ID Initiatives

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-16 Billionaires Tax and Voter ID Initiatives

Tabulations Reporting California Likely Voter Preferences On the Billionaires Tax initiatives and on the Voter ID initiative

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations Reporting California Likely Voter Preferences On the Billionaires Tax initiatives and on the Voter ID initiative

Tabulations Reporting California Likely Voter Preferences for Governor in the November General Election

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations Reporting California Likely Voter Preferences for Governor in the November General Election

Release #2026-15 Governor's Race

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-15 Governor's Race

Release #2026-14: General Election Preferences for Governor

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-14: General Election Preferences for Governor

The Calculus of Compromise: Analyzing Legislative Behavior in the Shadow of Constant Media Coverage

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Calculus of Compromise: Analyzing Legislative Behavior in the Shadow of Constant Media Coverage

Tabulations Reporting California Voter Preferences between Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton in the November General Election for Governor

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations Reporting California Voter Preferences between Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton in the November General Election for Governor

Tabulations from a late May 2026 Poll of California Voters About Threats to Democracy and Protecting Voting Rights

Thu, 4 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a late May 2026 Poll of California Voters About Threats to Democracy and Protecting Voting Rights

Release #2026-13: Threats to Democracy

Thu, 4 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-13: Threats to Democracy

Release #2026-12: Confidence in Elections

Mon, 1 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-12: Confidence in Elections

Tabulations from a late May 2026 Poll of California Registered Voters about Voter Confidence in Local Election Officials to Conduct the June Primary Fairly and Securely and that the Vote Count will be Accurate

Mon, 1 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a late May 2026 Poll of California Registered Voters about Voter Confidence in Local Election Officials to Conduct the June Primary Fairly and Securely and that the Vote Count will be Accurate

Tabulations from a late May 2026 Poll of California Registered Voters about the Sources they turn to for News and Information about Election-related Issues

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a late May 2026 Poll of California Registered Voters about the Sources they turn to for News and Information about Election-related Issues

Release #2026-11: Media Sources

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-11: Media Sources

Release #2026-10: Governor's Race

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-10: Governor's Race

Tabulations from a late May 2026 Poll of California Likely Voter Preferences in the June Primary Election for Governor

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a late May 2026 Poll of California Likely Voter Preferences in the June Primary Election for Governor

Release #2026-09: June Elections and Voting

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-09: June Elections and Voting

Tabulations from an April 2026 Poll of California Voter Opinions on Democracy

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from an April 2026 Poll of California Voter Opinions on Democracy

Release #2026-08: Safeguarding Democracy

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-08: Safeguarding Democracy

Tabulations from an April 2026 Poll of California Voter Opinions on Democracy

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from an April 2026 Poll of California Voter Opinions on Democracy

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from an April 2026 Poll of California Voter Opinions on Democracy

Release #2026-07: State of Democracy

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-07: State of Democracy

Release #2026-06: Democracy and Voting Rights

Wed, 1 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-06: Democracy and Voting Rights

Tabulations from a March 2026 Poll of California Registered Voters about Democracy and Voting Rights

Wed, 1 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a March 2026 Poll of California Registered Voters about Democracy and Voting Rights

Release #2026-05: Immigration Policies

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-05: Immigration Policies

Tabulations from a March 2026 Poll of California Registered Voters About Federal Immigration Policies

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a March 2026 Poll of California Registered Voters About Federal Immigration Policies

You Have to Create the Right Pipeline: Why California Has Never Elected a Woman Governor

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

California has produced some of the most important women leaders in American politics in recent decades. Yet California remains one of 17 states where a woman has not served as governor. This isn’t for lack of trying. Since 1978, 16 women have appeared on primary ballots and three have been party nominees. Why have so many women run, and yet none have won? Political science research, our own data gathering, as well as journalistic accounts, provide a few possible insights.

Release #2026-04: Democratic Presidential Preferences

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-04: Democratic Presidential Preferences

Tabulations from a March 2026 Poll of California Democrats of their Current Voting Preferences for the 2028 Democratic President Nomination

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a March 2026 Poll of California Democrats of their Current Voting Preferences for the 2028 Democratic President Nomination

Representatives in Robes? How California Respondents think of Judicial Representation

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Many have identified the tension between conceptualizing judges as legal versus political actors. One dimension of this tension is the extent to which we should or do think of judges as political representatives, both broadly and in ways that are either similar to or distinct from elected political representatives. In this project, we address the role of judges as representatives and then assess whether and to what extent California residents think of judges as representatives. Using public opinion data of California residents from the CalSpeaks survey fielded in the spring of 2021, we find that about a third of respondents do consider judges representatives in some way. While we find no gender differences in perceptions of judicial representation and very limited racial differences, there are strong age differences: younger respondents were significantly more likely to indicate that judges are representatives in some way compared to older respondents. This project informs...

Tabulations from a March 2026 Poll of California Registered Voters Measuring Early Voter Reactions to the Billionaire Tax and Voter ID Ballot Propositions

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a March 2026 Poll of California Registered Voters Measuring Early Voter Reactions to the Billionaire Tax and Voter ID Ballot Propositions

Release #2026-03: November Ballot Propositions

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-03: November Ballot Propositions

COVID-19 Relief Measures had Few Durable Post-Pandemic Effects on Renters

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic was responsible for an unprecedented crisis in the rental housing market, as families faced eviction as a consequence of pandemic lockdowns and resulting economic recession. In response, for the first time ever in US history, eviction moratoria were introduced to protect renters from being evicted for nonpayment; these were accompanied by several stimulus measures to support renters and the overall economy. This study asks whether these pandemic-era policies had any lingering effects after they had ceased to be implemented, by examining whether renters’ housing vulnerability at the state level saw any improvement in the post-pandemic years of 2022-23. For comparison, the study also evaluates the effects of variables reflecting economic fundamentals and renters’ housing burden. The findings suggest that the included policies had little effect on renters’ post-pandemic housing precarity.

Lilliputians at the Gate: Small Individual Campaign Donations and Political Polarization in Western State Legislatures

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Scholars seek to understand campaign donor behavior and its effects on candidates. Researchers generally agree that individual donors are more ideologically extreme than most organizational donors but disagree as to whether small individual donors (those giving less than $200 per cycle) are especially correlated to extremist candidates. We study the relationship between small individual donors and legislators’ NPAT and CFscores for the California, Washington, and Oregon legislatures between 2016 and 2022. We find both that individual donors correlate to more partisan legislators in general and that the correlation between donors and politically polarized legislators is even greater for small individual donors than for large individual donors in most cases.

Tabulations from a March 2026 Poll of California Likely Voter Preferences in the June Primary Election

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a March 2026 Poll of California Likely Voter Preferences in the June Primary Election

Release #2026-02: State Issues

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-02: State Issues

Release #2026-01: Governor Race

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2026-01: Governor Race

Tabulations from a March 2026 Poll of California Likely Voters about Issues They Believe are Important for the Next Governor to Address

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a March 2026 Poll of California Likely Voters about Issues They Believe are Important for the Next Governor to Address

Release #2025-17 Preferences for Governor

Thu, 6 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2025-17 Preferences for Governor

Tabulations from a Late October 2025 Berkeley IGS Poll Updating Voter Preferences for the 2025 Gubernatorial Primary Election

Thu, 6 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a Late October 2025 Berkeley IGS Poll Updating Voter Preferences for the 2025 Gubernatorial Primary Election

Release #2025-16 California Election and Voting Statistics

Mon, 3 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2025-16 California Election and Voting Statistics

Tabulations from a Late October 2025 Berkeley IGS Poll of the Demographic Characteristics of California Registered Voters Overall and by Party

Mon, 3 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a Late October 2025 Berkeley IGS Poll of the Demographic Characteristics of California Registered Voters Overall and by Party

Tabulations from a Late October 2025 Poll of California Likely Voters about Proposition 50, the Redistricting Ballot Measure, on the State’s November 2025 Special Election Ballot

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a Late October 2025 Poll of California Likely Voters about Proposition 50, the Redistricting Ballot Measure, on the State’s November 2025 Special Election Ballot

Release #2025-15 Proposition 50, Redistricting

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2025-15 Proposition 50, Redistricting

Entrepreneurship Under Threat: Latinx Vendors in California’s Flea Markets

Wed, 1 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Entrepreneurship Under Threat: Latinx Vendors in California’s Flea Markets

Identifying Access-to-Capital Issues Amongst Immigrant Small Business Owners

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Identifying Access-to-Capital Issues Amongst Immigrant Small Business Owners

Navigating Barriers: Struggles and Strategies of Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs in the Bay Area

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Navigating Barriers: Struggles and Strategies of Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs in the Bay Area

Equity in Emergency Response: Addressing Multilingual Communication Barriers

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Equity in Emergency Response: Addressing Multilingual Communication Barriers

The Untold Stories of Self- Employed Immigrant Latina Housekeepers During the 2025 Palisades Fire

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Untold Stories of Self- Employed Immigrant Latina Housekeepers During the 2025 Palisades Fire

Beyond Capital: How CDFIs and Mentorship Fuel Civic Power Among Latinx-Owned Small Businesses in LA

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Beyond Capital: How CDFIs and Mentorship Fuel Civic Power Among Latinx-Owned Small Businesses in LA

Five Years After COVID‑19: How Policy Failures and Rising Rents Continue to Threaten Latino Businesses in L.A.’s Fashion District

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Five Years After COVID‑19: How Policy Failures and Rising Rents Continue to Threaten Latino Businesses in L.A.’s Fashion District

Tabulations from a August 2025 Poll of California Registered Voter Preferences for Governor and the Issues of Greatest Concern to them

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a August 2025 Poll of California Registered Voter Preferences for Governor and the Issues of Greatest Concern to them

Tabulations from an August 2025 Poll of California Registered Voters about Immigration

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from an August 2025 Poll of California Registered Voters about Immigration

Tabulations from a August 2025 Poll of California Registered Voters about Redistricting

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a August 2025 Poll of California Registered Voters about Redistricting

Tabulations from a August 2025 Poll of California Registered Voter Job Ratings of President Trump and Impacts that Administration Policies are Having

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a August 2025 Poll of California Registered Voter Job Ratings of President Trump and Impacts that Administration Policies are Having

Tabulations from a August 2025 Poll of California Registered Voter Opinions of the University of California

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Tabulations from a August 2025 Poll of California Registered Voter Opinions of the University of California

UC Berkeley ResLife made me “pay-back” my bereavement time. This summer I did research on how the department treats their RA’s.

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

UC Berkeley ResLife made me “pay-back” my bereavement time. This summer I did research on how the department treats their RA’s.

Release #2025-14: University of California System UCOP

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2025-14: University of California System UCOP

Release #2025-13 President Trump and Trump Administration Policies

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2025-13 President Trump and Trump Administration Policies

Release #2025-12 Governor's Race

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2025-12 Governor's Race

Release #2025-10: Redistricting

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2025-10: Redistricting

Release #2025-11: Immigration

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Release #2025-11: Immigration

Bridging the Gap: First Gen Latinx Students and their Parents’ Journey through Higher Education at UC Berkeley

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Bridging the Gap: First Gen Latinx Students and their Parents’ Journey through Higher Education at UC Berkeley

Guaranteed Income Program for the Pajaro, California Community

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Guaranteed Income Program for the Pajaro, California Community

High School Students’ Success for Higher Education Requires Proper College Guidance From School Staff

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

High School Students’ Success for Higher Education Requires Proper College Guidance From School Staff

Policy on Paper, Barriers in Practice: Rethinking California’s AB 469

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Policy on Paper, Barriers in Practice: Rethinking California’s AB 469

Behind the Statistics: The Housing Struggle Within the Model Minority Myth

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Behind the Statistics: The Housing Struggle Within the Model Minority Myth

The System-Impacted Scholar Experience at UC Berkeley: Struggles, Successes, and the Path Forward

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The System-Impacted Scholar Experience at UC Berkeley: Struggles, Successes, and the Path Forward

Medication Abortion on Your UC & CSU Campus: A Student Toolkit About the College Student Right to Access Act

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Medication Abortion on Your UC & CSU Campus: A Student Toolkit About the College Student Right to Access Act

Beyond the Budget: Implementing Ethnic Studies in a Divided Educational Landscape and Polarized Nation

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Beyond the Budget: Implementing Ethnic Studies in a Divided Educational Landscape and Polarized Nation

What Post-Fire Rebuilding Teaches Us About Housing Policy

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

What Post-Fire Rebuilding Teaches Us About Housing Policy

Pathways to Placement: Reforming California’s Sexually Violent PredatorsConditional Release Program

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Pathways to Placement: Reforming California’s Sexually Violent PredatorsConditional Release Program

They Keep Us Alive — But Who’s Caring for Them? Filipina/x/o Immigrant Nurses in San Francisco’s Northern Peninsula

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

They Keep Us Alive — But Who’s Caring for Them? Filipina/x/o Immigrant Nurses in San Francisco’s Northern Peninsula

Undocumented, Unseen, and Unfairly Taxed: The Hidden Pillar of the American Economy